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Remember: 75 Years Ago

January 27, 2020 admin Comments Off

Some claim it never happened. Others hear stories about it from relatives and friends. Still others lived through it. It affects all of us, because it was one of the most heinous crimes that humans have perpetrated against fellow humans. The Holocaust.

Today is International Holocaust Remembrance Day. It’s been 75 years. Yet, we remember it so that we can prevent it from happening again, even as we see shades of it developing in our world today.

Take a few minutes to view this video, “Rescue,” of people who refused to accept the inhumanity and fought it–and are still fighting it–by taking action.

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Sisters in Widowhood

June 23, 2017 admin Comments Off

I was prepared to feel sorry for myself. This is my first U.N. International Widows’ Day. I lost my husband last November.

Then I started enjoying the good memories of a 35+ year marriage. And I realized how much luckier I am than many widows in the world. I live in a free country, in safety, with enough resources to sustain me and then some, and a family–small, but here for me.

And I look at other parts of the world, where widows suffer immensely. Their land taken from them. Family members evicting them from the homes or even killing them. Shamed because their husbands are dead. Having to take their children out of school to work to support the family.

The U.N. is trying to solve these problems, but it will take a long time.

I’m deeply saddened by the plight of my sisters in widowhood. I greatly miss my husband, but I am so grateful for my own life and for the fact that the U.N. is working toward better lives for my international sisters.